End gate



Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

MIKE4C- ROBBINS, F HABARISONVILLE, MISSOURI.

END GATE.

Application filed May 13,

T0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MIKE C. RoeniNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at I-larrisonville, in the county of Cass and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful End Gate, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to endgates for wagons and aims to provide novelmeans whereby a swinging endgate may be positioned on the usual wagonbody to facilitate the handling of material being loaded or unloaded.

Another important object of the invention is to provide an endgate ofthis charac ter which may be adjusted in various positions and held insuch positions of adjustment, thereby adapting the device for varioususages.

0 A still further object of the invention is the provision of means forlocking the endgate in its closed position, the means being such as willprevent the spreading of the Sideboards of the wagon body.

- With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription roceeds, the invention resides in the com- )ination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmental side elevational view of a wagon body equippedwith an endgate constructed in accordance with the invention, dottedlines being used to indicate various adjusted positions of the endgate.

Figure 2 is a fragmental end elevational view of the wagon body.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4c is a fragmental sectional view through one corner of the wagonbody and endgate.

Figure 5 is a fragmental perspective View disclosing the endgate andportion of the body of the wagon.

Figure 6 is a fragmental perspective disclosing one corner of theendgate.

1924. Serial No. 713,021.

Figure 7lis a sectional viewtaken on line 7+7 of Figure 6.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designatesa sideboard of a wagon body which is provided with the usual verticalgrooves 6 in whichthe usual endgate is held in its, active position.

The device forming the essence of "the present invention includes abracket mem-- her which is in the form of a rod bent upon itself asclearly shown by Figure 2 of the drawing to provide opposed leg members6 and 7, the leg members 7 being provided with an offset portion 8 towhich the locking bolt 9 is connected, the locking bolt being providedwith threads to receive the arm 10 that is adapted to engage the endgateand hold it in its vertical position.

The leg member 6 is adapted to move in the groove 6 to hold the bracketmember in position, there being provided a strap 11 secured to the sideboard of the wagon body to cooperate with the leg members -7 and holdthe leg members 7 against movement.

In order that the leg members 6 and 7 will be held in proper spacedrelation with each other, spacing members 12 are provided which gripportions of the leg members 6 and 7 at a point adjacent to the upperends thereof. The endgate is relatively long and is of a width to movebetween the side-boards of a wagon body and as shown is provided withside members 13 that guard the side edges of the endgate to preventmaterial scooped onto the endgate from falling laterally therefrom.

Bolts 14 extend through the side members 13 of the endgate and supportrollers 15 which rollers also move in the grooves 6 to hold the innerend of the endgate in position, the roller acting to allow free movementof the inner end of the endgate when an adjustment is being made.

The reference character 16 indicates chains which are secured to thebracket members at 17, the opposite ends thereof being secured to theendgate at points to support the endgate in various positions ofadjustment. I

i From the foregoing it will be obvious that due to this construction,the endgate may be moved to various angles with respect to the body ofthe wagon thereby adapting the endgate for various purposes such as ashoveling board or the like to facilitate the loading and unloading ofthe wagon or moved to provide a runway so that animals such as hogs,sheep or the like may be readily loaded into the wagon body.

In order that the arms 10 will be restricted against lateral movement,when in their holding positions, a wear plate indicated at 18 isprovided, which wear plate is formed with a notched portion 19 and anopening at the inner end of the notched portion, there being provided anoutstanding circular rib 20 surrounding the opening and within which thehead 21 of the arm is positioned to engage the head when the arm hasbeen screwed down to its locked position.

I claim In an end gate construction, a wagon body having verticalgrooves disposed adjacent to the rear end thereof, an endgate adapted tomove to a position between the grooves, said endgate having wear platesextending beyond the side edges thereof, the wear plates having notchesformed therein, bracket members including spaced leg members, one ofsaid leg members adapted to move into one of said grooves associatedtherewith, each of said bracket members having an offset portion, alocking bolt carried by each bracket member and secured thereto adjacentto the offset portion thereof, said locking bolts adapted to swing topositions within the notches of the wear plates to lock the endgate in avertical position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

his MIKE O. X ROBBINS.

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Witnesses C. W. HIGHT, OREN S. VVEBsTER.

